Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecherwas an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth24 June 1813
CountryUnited States of America
Henry Ward Beecher quotes about
body chairs cheating days house hunger luxurious mind sake several sitting sleeping spend treading
To spend several days in a friend's house and hunger for something to read, while you are treading on costly carpets, and sitting upon luxurious chairs and sleeping upon down, is as if one were bribing your body for the sake of cheating your mind
easy hard result victories victory worth
Victories that are easy are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.
compact himself man sells value
When a man sells 11 ounces for 12, he makes a compact with the devil, an sells himself for the value of an ounce.
adopted beginning formed habits ideas men period
When young men are beginning life, the most important period, it is often said, is that in which their habits are formed. That is a very important period. But the period in which the ideas of the young are formed and adopted is more important still.
cannot cheeks forget golden kisses
You cannot forget if you would those golden kisses all over the cheeks of the meadow, queerly called dandelions.
lighthouse coast harbors
Scepticism is a barren coast, without a harbor or lighthouse.
men perfect every-man
It is part and parcel of every man's life to develop beauty in himself. All perfect things have in them an element of beauty.
running world providence
Everything that happens in this world is a part of a great plan of God running through all time.
tree liberty fruit
A traitor is good fruit to hang from the boughs of the tree of liberty.
men names giving
Man is that name of power which rises above them all, and gives to every one the right to be that which God meant he should be.
men matrimony states
When men enter into the state of marriage, they stand nearest to God.
beautiful art years
As the imagination is set to look into the invisible and immaterial, it seems to attract something of their vitality; and though it can give nothing to the body to redeem it from years, it can give to the soul that freshness of youth in old age which is even more beautiful than youth in the young.
strong weather rocks
It is trial that proves one thing weak and another strong. A house built on the sand is in fair weather just as good as if builded on a rock. A cobweb is as good as the mightiest cable when there is no strain upon it.
self effort soul
Refinement is the lifting of one's self upwards from the merely sensual; the effort of the soul to etherealize the common wants and uses of life.